1911 in literature
See also: 1910 in literature, other events of 1911, 1912 in literature, list of years in literature.
Events
- Encyclopædia Britannica published.
New Books
- Zuleika Dobson - Max Beerbohm
- Ethan Frome - Edith Wharton
- Ladies Whose Bright Eyes - Ford Madox Ford
- The Downfall of the Gods - Hugh Clifford
Births
- February 8 - Elizabeth Bishop, poet, Pulitzer Prize winner (+ 1979)
- March 26 - Tennessee Williams, playwright
- April 8 - Emil Cioran, Romanian-born French philosopher and essayist (+ 1995)
- May 20 - Annie M. G. Schmidt, Dutch children books writer
- July 21 - Marshall McLuhan - author (+ 1980)
- December 11 - Naguib Mahfouz, Nobel prize-winning Egyptian novelist.
- C. L. Moore - science fiction and fantasy writer.